Jaquelyn Hochrein We are taught to follow The Golden Rule (to treat others the way we want to be treated.) Bullies completely ignore that rule and do what they want, but when normal students simply are late for class, they could have detention! Yes, bullies are punished, but in my opinion, they are not punished well enough. Bullies can be so aggressive that teachers are too scared to stand up for the victim or too even punish the bully! If you agree that teachers, principals, parents, cops, and more, need to stand up and give harsher punishments to bullies this is the paper for you! If you think that the punishments that we are giving now are fine, keep reading because I might just change your mind. A normal punishment is not enough! Let us say that someone trips someone on purpose, and you just say that is not nice. Yes, you are sticking up for the person who is being tripped, but are stopping the bully? Most likely, not... bullies know it is not nice, but they …show more content…
Bullying can happen because of issues at home or lack of self-confidence. Many companies support the idea of confidence, but with bullying in the way, that message will not spread. Some adults believe that bullying is just “Kids being kids” but people around the world need to realize that this worldwide problem has gone way too far.Some people think that ignoring the problem will make it stop and people will forget about it. If we forget about it then bullies will not stop because if teacher let it go then the bully will get away with being mean. It is too big of a deal to just “Let it go”! After reading my thoughts on bullying, I hope you agree that suicide is not okay for young kids and that people/ kids should not enjoy making kids feel bad about themselves. What I am trying to get out of this paper is that bullies need to have better and harsher punishments and that teachers and parents need to stand up and make a